Friday morning I was back at the junior high to clean up our sucker sales mess and to count the deposit from the previous two nights. When I got there, the front office secretaries told me I had a little note waiting for me too. Joy. Not many guesses needed to figure out who left it for me.
It was my not-BFF Lexi, the potty mouthed 8th grader. Her note was folded all cute, like my actual, real BFF in junior high used to leave me back in the day. I'll share with you what she wrote, with her original spelling and grammar intact. There are more things to be concerned for with this girl, I'm afraid:
im sorryisaid you were a btich Ilost track of my emotions. I promase I want Do it agian-I never act like that at conserts you just caught me offgard and I really mean i m sorry I Dont mean anthing i said I just lost someone I really loved anDit was my mom and I got upset cause a year ago my mom died over a heartatack and I lost her bu beforthat she told me she would come to all my conserts and last ones and I got mad and took it out on you anDIm realy sorry I lov how you volunteerd to be at the consert I really appreasiate it., thankyou have a good day --lexie
Overlooking the appalling spelling, grammar, and punctuation, I don't really believe this girl. She told the principal, the night of the incident, her swearing wasn't really to me but at her friend about her stepmom. Now, her "apology" feeds me this sob story? Well, I guess she is figuring out she made a bad choice and this,perhaps, was part of her consequence. But still.
I only have two more concerts to cover at the junior high this year. They are for band and orchestra, which aren't nearly as high-drama as the choirs. So I should make it. Plus, this kind of stuff just makes me all the more grateful for my own kids--who aren't perfect--but already demonstrate better self control and interpersonal respect than this sad 8th grader.
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So did the principal make her write an apology to you? That's what it sounds like. I like how she blames her problems on someone who can't be there to defend themselves. I think you handled it well.
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